Illustrator CS4 for Web Design
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- stewart0
i ALWAYS use inDesign for designing wireframes and websites.
pro's: quickly add/copy/delete text and pages, paragraph styles, creating RGB pdf's in the right color space for client reviews etc etc.
the final mockup in Photoshop, of course.
- monoboy0
Illustrator is a vector based design and layout tool.
Photoshop is a bitmap based image editing tool.
Fireworks is a vector/bitmap based web design tool.I use whatever the client or developers preference is. Personally, I use Illy when designing or developing myself. It's much faster than PS.
- Raniator0
I wouldn't post if this was buried way down but seeing as it's not...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
No, really. Fucking haha.
Ever thought of using, you know, an actual fucking website application... for... designing... websites?
- acs80
If photoshop had the same, more advanced align tool and the ability to copy font and text styles using the eyedropper as in Illustrator, then there's hardly much difference if you're familiar with vector layers in Photoshop. It's about time Adobe just merged Illustrator and Photoshop into one neat package.
- they are both bloated to fucking billy-o as it is... c'mon, don't you want a program that just flies?Amicus
- ukit0
Maybe I'm missing something but it seems pretty simple.
1) Use the vector tool with the best drawing capabilities for drawing your basic layout and shapes.
2) Use the best bitmap tool for finishing touches and prepping for the web.
I know, it sounds crazy, I like to live on the edge.
- MrT0
http://www.qbn.com/topics/584653…
Is this what it's become?
Did anyone ask Paul Rand which brand of pencil he used?Who gives a shit what you use.
- ********0
The artboards feature in illustrator certainly kicks the shit out of photoshop
- monospaced0
As I do primarily print, I do nearly all my work in InDesign, with a heavy dose of Illustrator for when I need to draw or create smaller pieces. Photoshop has become just that, a place to work on images that will eventually get placed into my work. I find that I can create just about anything this way.
That being said, what about Photoshop makes designing a website better? I honestly can't see.
- peddy28isgreat0
You should'nt be "designing" in photoshop. This is slightly less true on CS3 & 4 b/c they work together better now, but I design in Illy much better. PS = editing photos.
- ********0
illy all the way
- acs80
Does anyone use SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics for web in Illustrator?
- Scotch_Roman0
I prefer to design sites in InDesign, at least for figuring out my grid, setting non-HTML type, etc. Multiple pages are easier to navigate than layers.
Depending on budget, I'll then either bring art into Photoshop layers, or have the developer handle that part. I don't touch the coding aspect. Don't even have web design apps here.
- letterhead0
I use illustrator / photoshop / flash / beer / dreamweaver to slay all my kickass designz